Be'port on Salmon Fisheries. 



ix 



In order that totals for a long series of years may be compared, 

 the following Table is given : — 



Table showing the Number of Boxes of Scottish Salmon sent to 

 Billingsgate from 1834 to 1902 inclusive : — 



x ear. 



l>oxes 01 fetilinon. 



x 68,r. 





1834 



30,650 



1869 



20,474 



1835 



42,330 



1870 



orv a AO 



z0,d4o 



1836 



24,570 



1871 



23,390 



1837 



32,300 



1872 



24,404 



1838 



21,400 



1873 



30,181 



1839 



16,340 



1874 



32,180 



1840 



15,160 



1875 



20,375 



1841 



28,500 



1876 



34,655 



1842 



39,417 



1877 



28,189 



1843 



30,300 



1878 



26,465 



1844 



28,178 



1879 



1 0 non 



13,9zy 



1845 



31,062 



1880 



17,457 



1846 



25,510 



1881 



2o,yoo 



1847 



20,112 



1882 





1848 



22,525 



1883 



35,506 



1849 



23,690 



1884 



27,219 



1850 



13,940 



1885 



3(',3dz 



1851 



11,593 



1886 



23,407 



1852 



13,044 



1887 



26,907 

 22,857 



1853 



19,485 



1888 



1854 



23,194 



1889 



21,101 



1855 



18,197 



1890 



18,931 



1856 



15,438 



1891 



25,889 



1857 



18 654 



1892 



21 919 



1858 



21^564 



1893 



18^903 



1859 



15,823 



1894 



15,489 



1860 



15,870 



1895 



25,364 



1861 



12,337 



1896 



22,435 



1862 



22,796 



1897 



16,284 



1863 



24,297 



1898 



14,174 



1864 



22,603 



1899 



15,411 



1865 



19,009 



1900 



15,151 



1866 



21,725 



1901 



16,648 



1867 



23,006 



1902 



15,965 



1868 



28,020 







Table of Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent to 

 Billingsgate 

 from 1834 to 

 1902 inclusive. 



In the Table showing the monthly returns it is noticeable that 

 the product of July surpassed any monthly figure reached since the 

 very productive summers of 1895-1896. This is accounted for by 

 the excellence of the grilse run. The amount of salmon caught 

 during the rest of the season and sent to Billingsgate would there- 

 fore seem to be below the average, since the total in the above 

 return is 432 boxes below the average for the last five years. 



The Tay rentals for the past 74 years are as follows: — 



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